All Sustainability articles – Page 89
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Features
What it costs: Heat pumps
They are amazingly efficient, but setting up a ground source heat pump may be tricky if you haven’t considered all the factors. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance gives us the lowdown
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How cool is that? Hull Truck Theatre's passive-ventilated venue
Hull Truck Theatre’s new performance space uses a passive ventilation system that relies on a warm audience reaction – fortunately, that has never been in short supply
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Features
Stormwater control
Marley Plumbing and Drainage has introduced the Waterloc250, a revised version of its modular cell for underground sustainable urban drainage systems
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Features
Carpet tiles
InterfaceFLOR’s Straightforward range of carpet tiles has been used at EC Harris’ London headquarters in the Regent’s Quarter development in King’s Cross
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News
UK Green ΢ÃÜȦ Council to work on new zero-carbon code
The UK Green ΢ÃÜȦ Council is planning to set up joint working groups with the government to take forward plans to make all new non-residential buildings zero carbon by 2019
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Blueprint for code level homes
Tarmac is constructing two concept homes at the University of Nottingham in order to provide housebuilders and registered social landlords with a blueprint for low-cost, zero-carbon housing
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News
Delayed £3.8bn Manchester waste PFI deal signed
Contract first to benefit with £120m from the Treasury's PFI rescue fund
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London Array wind farm may be bailed out by bank
World's largest offshore wind farm set for rescue by European Investment Bank
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Empire State ΢ÃÜȦ goes green
£13.6m green makeover to slash world-famous office building’s carbon footprint by 38%
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Estate agents attack new Hips rules
New system will deter people from putting up homes for sale say agents
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Norfolk wind farm plans revealed
Joint venture will generate enough electricity to power 220.000 homes
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Tenants pay 3% premium for green buildings
RICS survey reveals improving energy performance in US properties is worth the investment
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Brown 'should have boosted insulation, not cars'
FMB says more jobs could have been created by investing in green initiatives instead of auto industry and roads
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Renewable energy heads slam government inaction
Energy minister Mike O'Brien asks industry for trust and patience in face of criticism
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World's biggest wind farm investor slashes UK spending 40%
Iberdrola Renewables' decision threatens government target to generate 35% of country's electricity from renewables by 2020
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Don't ditch 2016 target, says Green ΢ÃÜȦ Council
Goal of zero-carbon for all new housing is still achievable, claims body
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'UK's greenest healthcare building' breaks ground
£300m new building at Great Ormond Street will offset more than 20,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
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Ecobuild 2009 video report
Package of interviews from the major sustainability event in early March
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£2bn funding gap threatens wind farms
Credit crunch means major schemes with planning approval may not be built unless government steps in to help
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Comment
Energy saving in existing stock: Energy junkies
Government consultations on improving the performance of our existing stock are welcome. But it will mean nothing if the public can’t kick the carbon habit